- Date
- August 10, 1979
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL · TUSCALOOSA, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N702WAHiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790810024779A
- Case key
- 133781
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3708 79/8/10 TUSCALOOSA,AL HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0820 N702WA PX- 0 0 1 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 26, 2737 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 132 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUSCALOOSA,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR HEAD ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- PIN,MAIN ROTOR,OUTBOARD,TENSION-TORSION BAR P/N 51452,S/N 8716.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N702WA
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N702WA · 1
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